Alphonso "Buck" Johnson Jr. (born January 3, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player. Johnson, a 6'7" small forward, played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and Washington Bullets. After playing in the NBA, he spent his next ten professional seasons playing abroad for various teams, in top leagues around the world. High school career Johnson played high school basketball at, and graduated from, Hayes High School in Birmingham, Alabama. College career Johnson played college basketball at the University of Alabama, with the Alabama Crimson Tide, from 1982 to 1986. Professional career Johnson was drafted by the Houston Rockets in the first round (20th pick overall) of the 1986 NBA draft. Johnson played in 7 NBA seasons, from 1986 to 1993. He played for the Rockets from 1986 to 1992, and for the Washington Bullets during the 1992–93 season. Johnson's best year as a pro came during the 1989–90 season, as a member of the Rockets, when he appeared in 82 games, and averaged 14.8 points per game. In his NBA career, Johnson played in 505 games, and scored a total of 4,617 points. National team career Johnson won a gold medal with Team USA's Under-19 junior national team, at the 1983 FIBA Under-19 World Cup. In eight games played at the tournament, he averaged 15.8 points per game. References External links nba.com Historical Profile Player Profile @ acb.com Player Profile @ Fibaeurope.com 1964 births Living people 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people African-American basketball players Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Apollon Patras B.C. players Basketball players from Birmingham, Alabama American men's basketball players CB Girona players Dafnis B.C. players Greek Basket League players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Houston Rockets draft picks Houston Rockets players Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Liga ACB players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players McDonald's High School All-Americans Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Peristeri B.C. players Power forwards (basketball) Small forwards Tofaş S.K. players Washington Bullets players Wichita Falls Texans players